Oh man, where do I even begin? So, for some context, Bleach starts when Rukia (a shinigami) gets critically injured saving Ichigo from a monster, and she transfers her powers to him so he can finish it off. Instead of transferring half her powers as planned, however, she transfers all of them, which forces Ichigo to take over her job as a shinigami. During this time period, Rukia... lives in his closet. Yeah. The entire first arc of the manga is dedicated to their relationship, and while a lot of it is playful banter, Rukia's presence in Ichigo's life fundamentally changes it for the better. Rukia then gets kidnapped by the rest of the shinigami who aren't at all happy she gave her powers to a human, and the main plot ensues from there. Throughout the story, Rukia and Ichigo constantly save each other when they're at their worst. When Rukia thinks she deserves to die, Ichigo is there to tell her she deserves to live. When Ichigo is in a funk about his superpowered evil side, Rukia is there to snap him out of it (something his canon love interest explicitly realises she was unable to do). They share a sun/moon motif for crying out loud, and yet like that last sentence said... they don't end up together, but with other people instead. Yeah. No shade to the canon ships, but Ichiruki is peak straightbaiting, honestly. They have a lot of banter/chemistry, fundamentally change eachother's lives for the better, save each other when they're at their lowest, and have a very deliberate sun/moon dichotomy... but they both end up paired off with different characters instead asdfghkl
house and cuddy:
The show spends 7 seasons hinting that House is going to end up with Cuddy, and then writes her out in season 7. In the finale, he has a flashback of people who impacted his life and she doesn’t even show
If House and Wilson can’t be together, then House and Cuddy should
Today's posting dayyy! It was really fun to work on this project, and I wanna thank @ichirukicollab for their initiative and wonderful organization and @shineriotsssss and @paustark for their amazing art!! Here's my fic, I really hope you like it <3
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Links to the beautiful art pieces that go together with the fic!!
Just because I’m a Ichiruki fan, does not mean I don’t like Rukia x Renji. I think Renji is great. He’s a good guy, and gets his relationship with Rukia mostly fixed by the end of the Soul Society arc.
What I don’t like is that they don’t really do anything with their relationship until the VERY END OF BLEACH. Very little relationship development occurs for them while Ichigo and Rukia get some emotional moments together.
Their dynamic as “estranged childhood friends who have reconnected” is great. It’s just that I like the dynamic between Ichigo and Rukia MORE.
Also that I’m not a big fan of Ichihime, but that’s because I feel it’s a somewhat problematic relationship in that Orihime throws herself at Ichigo but there is very little reconciliation of said feelings, as most of the things Ichigo does for her... he has done and probably would do for the rest of his friends.